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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Tech Leadership 2 | A curated collection of resources related to tech leadership 3 | 4 | ## Highlighted Articles 5 | - [Notes on Startup Engineering Management for Young Bloods](http://www.elidedbranches.com/2015/10/notes-on-startup-engineering-management.html) 6 | - [Code review in remote teams](https://web.hypothes.is/blog/code-review-in-remote-teams/) 7 | - [Surviving being senior (tech) management.](https://medium.com/@kellan/surviving-being-senior-tech-management-aa6654efd027) 8 | - [Techie to tech lead: My five biggest mistakes](https://medium.com/featured-insights/techie-to-tech-lead-my-five-biggest-mistakes-fd7f4a2f1808) 9 | - [Technical Leadership: Getting Started](https://slack.engineering/technical-leadership-getting-started-e5161b1bf85c) 10 | - [How should deadlines be used in software engineering?](https://blog.keen.io/how-should-deadlines-be-used-in-software-engineering/) 11 | - [The Brutal Truth About Why Being a Leader Is So Hard](https://www.inc.com/nicolas-cole/the-hardest-thing-about-being-a-leader.html) 12 | 13 | ## Other Articles 14 | - [5 Tips for Being an Effective Tech Lead](https://medium.com/featured-insights/5-tips-for-being-an-effective-tech-lead-7ec36391de34) 15 | - [10 more things you need to do to succeed as a Tech Lead](https://medium.com/@ZombieCodeKill/10-more-things-you-need-to-do-to-succeed-as-a-tech-lead-ca0f6cf8d316) 16 | - [A Better Path to Decency: Will tech lead the way?](https://hackernoon.com/a-better-path-to-decency-will-tech-lead-the-way-ebd055c2482e) 17 | - [Agile Practices of Effective Tech Leads](https://medium.com/the-andela-way/agile-practices-of-effective-tech-leads-888c46eb1710) 18 | - [A Primer on Giving Critical Feedback](https://www.tombartel.me/blog/a-primer-on-giving-critical-feedback/) 19 | - [Becoming a Tech Lead: How I’ve Balanced Coding with Coaching](https://medium.com/@HubSpotDev/becoming-a-tech-lead-how-i-ve-balanced-coding-with-coaching-2af82c154488) 20 | - [Everyone can be a leader](https://www.thekua.com/atwork/2015/06/everyone-can-be-a-leader/) 21 | - [For the first time, you’ve been chosen as a tech lead. Now What?](https://medium.com/tribalscale/for-the-first-time-youve-been-chosen-as-a-tech-lead-now-what-6590a1410d65) 22 | - [From Developer to Tech Lead — Making the Leap into Technical Management](https://medium.com/make-better-software/from-developer-to-tech-lead-making-the-leap-into-technical-management-4cd9088367c4) 23 | - [Giving better feedback for better performance](https://slackhq.com/giving-better-feedback-for-better-performance#) 24 | - [Great Leaders Don’t Juggle Priorities](https://medium.com/@chadfowler/great-leaders-don-t-juggle-priorities-f83c74f37905) 25 | - [Good Tech Lead, Bad Tech Lead](https://medium.com/swlh/good-tech-lead-bad-tech-lead-948b2b806d86) 26 | - [Help Your Team Do More Without Burning Out](https://hbr.org/2018/10/help-your-team-do-more-without-burning-out) 27 | - [How I Convince Myself to Lead: Accountability and Authority](https://medium.com/@chadfowler/how-i-convince-myself-to-lead-accountability-and-authority-83012e1c3309) 28 | - [How Leaders Can Get Honest, Productive Feedback](https://hbr.org/2019/01/how-leaders-can-get-honest-productive-feedback) 29 | - [How to Exhibit Leadership as an Individual Contributor](https://www.tombartel.me/blog/exhibit-leadership-as-individual-contributor/) 30 | - [How to interview engineers](https://triplebyte.com/blog/how-to-interview-engineers) 31 | - [How to Work Faster in a Remote Team](https://zapier.com/learn/remote-work/remote-work-productivity/) 32 | - [Introverts as leaders briefly](http://randsinrepose.com/links/2015/04/02/introverts-as-leaders-briefly/) 33 | - [Is ‘Tech Lead’ an actual role on the team?](https://jp-lambert.me/is-tech-lead-an-actual-role-on-the-team-7c040f2fd29b) 34 | - [Maslow's pyramid of code review](http://www.dein.fr/2015-02-18-maslows-pyramid-of-code-review.html) 35 | - [Rule One of Management: First, Do No Harm](http://chadfowler.com/2014/01/19/rule-one-of-management-first-do-no-harm.html) 36 | - [Should You Choose a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager Role?](https://medium.com/inside-plato/plato-event-3-part-1-5-tech-lead-and-engineering-manager-which-way-to-choose-69987fbdfb83) 37 | - [The Definition of a Tech Lead](https://medium.com/@patkua/the-definition-of-a-tech-lead-484bb46569f2) 38 | - [The Effective Tech Lead is a 100x Engineer](https://hackernoon.com/the-effective-tech-lead-is-a-100x-engineer-fe49c0372a63) 39 | - [The Problem with Tech Leads](https://medium.com/@Bar_Code/the-problem-with-tech-leads-a840af1f511c) 40 | - [The Science of Speaking is the Art of Being Heard](https://firstround.com/review/the-science-of-speaking-is-the-art-of-being-heard/) 41 | - [Three Common Mistakes of the First Time Tech Lead](https://medium.com/featured-insights/three-common-mistakes-of-the-first-time-tech-lead-aac7a900adab) 42 | - [What does a VP of Engineering do, again?](https://medium.com/@raffi/what-does-a-vp-of-engineering-do-again-553817fbbf2a) 43 | - [What I Learned While Becoming a Tech Lead](https://medium.com/featured-insights/what-i-learned-while-becoming-a-tech-lead-af58599e7df1) 44 | 45 | ## Must Read Books for all engineers and engineering managers 46 | - [The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920056843.do) 47 | 48 | ## Other books of interest 49 | - [Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/714344.Becoming_a_Technical_Leader) 50 | - [Leading Snowflakes](http://leadingsnowflakes.com/) 51 | - [Talking with Tech Leads](https://leanpub.com/talking-with-tech-leads) 52 | - [Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps](https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Software-Performing-Technology-Organizations/dp/1942788339) 53 | - [An Elegant Puzzle - Systems of Engineering Management](https://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Puzzle-Systems-Engineering-Management-ebook/dp/B07QYCHJ7V) 54 | - [Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38398157-blitzscaling) 55 | - [Build What Matters: Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55318594-build-what-matters) 56 | - [Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22512931-building-microservices) 57 | - [Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18043011-clean-architecture) 58 | - [Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735293-clean-code) 59 | - [Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6828896-delivering-happiness) 60 | - [Domain-Driven Design Quickly](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2558105.Domain_Driven_Design_Quickly) 61 | - [Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53481975-empowered) 62 | - [Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11721966-good-strategy-bad-strategy) 63 | - [Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76865.Good_to_Great) 64 | - [Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12675109-great-by-choice) 65 | - [High Output Management](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324750.High_Output_Management) 66 | - [Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35249663-inspired) 67 | - [Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37559166-measure-what-matters) 68 | - [Mistakes were made but not by me](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/522525.Mistakes_Were_Made_But_Not_by_Me_) 69 | - [No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49099937-no-rules-rules) 70 | - [Peopleware](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67825.Peopleware) 71 | - [Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32809138-radical-candor) 72 | - [Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25814544-sprint) 73 | - [Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44135420-team-topologies) 74 | - [The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815716.The_21_Irrefutable_Laws_of_Leadership) 75 | - [The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10284614-the-clean-coder) 76 | - [The Dichotomy of Leadership](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38714388-the-dichotomy-of-leadership) 77 | - [The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18176747-the-hard-thing-about-hard-things) 78 | - [The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4099.The_Pragmatic_Programmer) 79 | - [Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42118073-trillion-dollar-coach) 80 | 81 | ## Conferences 82 | - [Tech Leader Summit](https://techleadersummit.io) 83 | - [The Lead Developer](theleaddeveloper.com) 84 | - [0111 CTO Conference](https://www.0111conf.com/) 85 | - [CTO Summit Series](https://www.ctoconnection.com/) 86 | - [CTO World Congress](http://www.ctoworldcongress.com/) 87 | - [Chief Technology Officer Summit](https://www.theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/chief-technology-officer-summit-san-francisco) 88 | - [CTO Summit](https://asictosummit.com/) 89 | 90 | 91 | ## Meetups 92 | - [CTO School](https://www.meetup.com/ctoschool/) 93 | - [Denver Leadership Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/denverleadership/) 94 | - [Female Tech Leaders](https://www.meetup.com/FemaleTechLeaders/) 95 | - [Lead in Tech: A Meetup For Future Tech Leaders](https://www.meetup.com/lead-in-tech/) 96 | - [Leaders in Tech - Reading](https://www.meetup.com/Leaders-in-Tech-Reading/) 97 | - [Leading in Tech](https://www.meetup.com/Leading-in-Tech/) 98 | - [Louisville Tech Leaders Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/louisville-tech-leaders/) 99 | - [Portland Tech Leadership Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Tech-Leadership-Meetup/) 100 | - [San Francisco Engineering Leadership Community (SFELC)](https://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Engineering-Leadership-Community/) 101 | - [Sydney Technology Leaders](https://www.meetup.com/Syd-Technology-Leaders/) 102 | - [Silicon Valley Engineering Leadership Community](https://www.meetup.com/SV-ELC/) 103 | - [Stockholm Engineering Leadership Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Stockholm-Engineering-Leadership-Meetup/) 104 | - [Tech Leads IL](https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Leads-IL/) 105 | - [The Lead Developer Meetup - Austin](https://www.meetup.com/The-Lead-Developer-Meetup-Austin/) 106 | - [The Lead Developer Meetup - Berlin](https://www.meetup.com/The-Lead-Developer-Meetup-Berlin/) 107 | - [The Lead Developer Meetup - London](https://www.meetup.com/The-Lead-Developer-Meetup-London/) 108 | - [The Lead Developer Meetup - New York](https://www.meetup.com/The-Lead-Developer-Meetup-New-York/) 109 | - [Tech Leads NW](https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Leads-NW/) 110 | - [Vilnius Tech Leads](https://www.meetup.com/Vilnius-Tech-Leads/) 111 | - [#TeamLeadTO](https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Software-Team-Lead-Meetup/) 112 | 113 | ## Slack Channels 114 | - [SydTechLeaders Slack channel](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PNctNZE45Sj0bTRpmoRw4GKIaFWT_9lS10SBlZweiAg/viewform?edit_requested=true) 115 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------